Father of 24 Lives
Quietly At Home In
Boonville; 19 Living
I. C. Collins, Age 79, Is Farmer Who Has An Even One Hun
dred Descendants Scattered in Many Sections of the
Nation; Says It Is Just As Easy to Bring up
a Large Family As An Ordinary One
(By W. E. RUTLEDGE)
Mr. I. C. (Coldwell) Collins, of
Boonville, is a good farmer, a
good Quaker and the father of 24
children, and this Is just a
starter for this man of 79 sum
mers who has spent all his life in
the Boonville section and has
reared this remarkable family
with two wives.
Mr. Collins is a quiet mannered
man of six feet three inches, who
goes about his daily duties like a
man 30 years younger than he .is;
he has a large farm and the more
tobacco he is allowed to raise the
better it suits him.
He is proud of his 24 children,
19 of whom are now living, but
not inclined to brag about it.
When asked by the writer to
name them he threw up his
hands and admitted it was too
much of a task for him, and
neither could he give the address
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COMING: "SOUTH OF THE BORDER"
of all as they range across the
continent to California. The
present Mrs. Collins, who was
Miss Fannie Brown and married
to Mr. Collins in 1912, is a quiet,
industrious little woman and to
gether with a daughter supplied
us with all the family informa
tion needed to make a small book.
Married 58 Tears
Mr. Collins was first married to
Miss Lutina Parrington in 1882
and to this union was born a doz
en children. His marriage to
Miss Brown brought another doz
en, although one of these was
born dead.
"If . all my children had been
boys I could have had a couple
of baseball teams," said Mr. Col
lins. "with some extras in case of
accident."
The children and their ad
dresses are as follows: Mrs. Wil
ma Vestal, Mrs. Lora Vestal, Mrs.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNIS. ET.KIN Wf>«TH CAROLINA
Father of 24 Children
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Pictured above are Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Collins, of Boonville, the
former the father of 24 children, 19 of whom are living. Mrs. Col
lins is Mr. Collins' second wife, and is the mother of 12 of his chil
dren. .
'Grady Reece and Mrs. Julia Wag
oner, of Boonville; Arthur Collins,
Leonard Collins, Mrs. Ina Coon
and Mrs. Lona Barker, of Mar
shalltown, Iowa; Ponzo Collins,
of Redwood City, Calif.; Mrs. Ne
vada Wood, of Winston-Salem;
Daniel Collins,, of Clarion, Iowa;
Zeno Collins, of Jonesville; Mrs.
Cora Lee Smith, Andrew C. Col
lins, Mrs. Pearl Mendenhall, John
E., Farris and Ray Junior Collins,
all of Boonville.
An Even 100
Now we are getting down to
real descendants. It took some
figures to get together the num
ber of grandchildren and great
grandchildren and the
work was completed the tally
showed an even 100 (that was
two weeks ago) and they, too,
were scattered in many sections.
There showed to be 49 grandchil
dren and 51 great-grandchildren.
Their pictures filled the family
album.
What a Vote!
Mr. Collins allowed that he
could swing the tide when it
came to voting and if he had
them all in Yadkin the results
might be different on election
nights. Mr. Collins has been a
Republican all his life, he stated,
and strangely enough his chil
dren all married Republicans and
then more Republicans. With
Mr. and Mrs. Collins, their des
cendants and the in-laws there
are 59 votes, all just alike. Three
children are under 21, the young
est 12.
Speaking further of his un
usual family, Mr. Collins thinks
it about as easy to bring up a
house full as .just an ordinary
family and his observation shows
little difference. He should know.
A Reunion?
Sometimes Mr. and Mrs. Col
lins speak of having a reunion of
this family of 120 persons but
then it seems a problem. How
ever they may try it sometime.
It would be an interesting sight
for a family of this size in a get
together and is well worth trying.
MOUNTAIN PARK
Miss Hazel Wood spent the
week-end in Winston-Salem, the
guest of Miss Ethel Saylor.
Mr. Tom Shores has returned
from Bel Air, Md., where he has
been for some time.
Miss Emma Jane Dinville and
Mrs. A. F. Kinzie spent several
days the past week in Petersburg,
Va.
Mrs. Paul Harris honored her
husband with a surprise birthday
party Saturday evening. Refresh
ments were served to the follow
ing: Mr. and Mrs. Watson Har
ris, of Mt. Airy, Mr. and Mrs.
Harrison Harris, Mrs. Louise
Royall and Miss Polly Shores.
Miss Rosa Marshall has return
ed to her home here after visiting
for some time in Elkin.
We are glad to know that Mrs.
W. B. Williams has recovered
from influenza.
We are sorry to note the illness
of Mrs. Will Shores, who was ad
mitted to the Hugh Chatham
Memorial hospital Thursday for
treatment preparatory to an op
eration.
Rev. Eli Jordan will fill his reg
ular appointments at the Baptist
church -Saturday evening at 7:00
o'clock and Sunday morning at
11:00 o'clock. The public Is cor
dially invited to attend these ser
vices. :
TWO BOYS ARE
BOUND OVER TO
FEDERALJCOURT
Arrested by Yadkin County
Officers, They Admit En
tering Post Office
BOND IS SET AT SSOO
Two young men, each 17, were
bound over to Federal court by U.
S. Commissioner M. W. Mackie,
Friday, after ithey admitted en
tering the post office at Boonville
on December 17, and taking
therefrom a pistol belonging to
Postmaster Fred Key.
The two boys, Ernest Brbwn
and Warren Hudson, both of the
Boonville section, were arrested
by Sheriff A. L. Inscore, assisted
by Deputies F. E. Hurt and Jake
Brown, who had been working on
the case since the breaking oc
curred. The boys also admitted,
according to officers, that they
entered the hardware store of C.
D. Poindexter at Boonville on the
same night by removing a window
pane. They also took a pistol and
other small articles from this
store. Both pistols were recov- j
ered, one at Brown's home and
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the other where he had sold It.
Officers had worked on the case
since it happened but were un
able to get anywhere until the
filling station of W. Q. Brown,
also in Boonville, was entered a
few nights ago. A few days later
one of the boys was offering cig
arettes for sale and the officers
started work again, soon ferreting
out the case and the boys con
fessed.
The post office robbery being a
federal offense they were turned
over to federal authorities. Com
missioner Mackie set their bonds
at SSOO each, which they had not
made when taken to Winston-
Salem jail by a deputy marshal.
Local officers think they have
cleared up petty thievery in that
section with the arrest of the two
boys. They will be tried at the
May term of Federal Court at
Winston-Salem.
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